HPI at the Gymkhana GRiD Final at Santa Pod Raceway!

Tue, 27th October 2015

The 2015 Gymkhana GRiD Final of the European Gauntlet took place
at the world-famous Santa Pod Raceway in England last weekend - and
HPI Racing was there!

Gymkhana GRiD is the ultimate competition that combines
knife-edge drift and autocross skills, head-to-head racing and
complete racing commitment from the world's best drivers in
monster RWD and AWD cars - and then face monsters like the infamous
Hoonicorn, driven by the legendary Ken Block himself!
The Gymkhana GRiD Final is the last in a series of events that
pits drivers from all over the world directly against each other in
a battle of skills, horsepower and bravery!

The HPI Racing team was invited by Monster Energy to take part
and show off the latest and greatest HPI vehicles with our brand
new bright orange HPI Racing tent featuring video screens, Ken
Block car display and three separate demonstration areas.
Visitors to the tent could collect an awesome HPI swag bag packed
with an exclusive HPI poster, HPI pen, myHPI info card and a
handful of HPI stickers.

With regular high-flying demonstrations featuring the Baja 5B,
Savage Octane XL, Savage XS Flux, Vorza Flux HP and many more, the
big crowd around the HPI tent was wowed by big jumps, loud exhausts
and (because of the small demonstration space) just a taste of the
speed that the cars can hit!

Visitors to the tent could marvel at the realistic licenced Ken
Block replica WR8 and Micro RS4 cars, and even drive one for
themselves on our Micro-sized Gymkhana GRiD track! With 2 minutes
of practice and a minute to get in as many laps as they could, the
queue was kept moving with the promise of a Ken Block replica of
their very own for the driver with the most laps!

Finally, those interested in the HPI Crawler King trucks to
attempt the treacherous canyons of our brand new crawler
table! This realistic hillscape featuring near-vertical rocky
slopes and real dirt is a great way to appreciate just how
versatile the Crawler King trucks are and what kinds of hills they
can climb.

At the end of the day, the top 3 drivers in the rear-wheel
drive, all-wheel drive and invitational RX-150 buggy classes were
each presented with a selection of HPI kits, each painted gold,
silver or bronze to match their finishing positions!

HPI Racing would like to thank Monster Energy and Santa Pod
Raceway for letting us show off HPI Racing cars and trucks to
thousands of motorsport fans during the Gymkhana GRiD Final
weekend!